Missing Boy Found Safe in Mission Viejo

Irvine, Calif. (June 24, 2017) – Michael Edward Roman, 12, of Oceanside has been found safe in Mission Viejo. Michael was reported missing Friday after walking out of Kaiser hospital in Irvine. He was located just after 8 a.m. Saturday, when a member of the loss prevention staff at a Target store recognized him from a social media post reporting that he was missing.

Michael had last been seen at 10:50 a.m. on Friday, when surveillance cameras at Kaiser, 6670 Alton Parkway, captured him walking out of the facility and heading toward Alton.

Michael has been reunited with family and will return to Oceanside.

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